"I made a detailed comparison of the events of the 'Invincible' and the 'Man of Medan', and found that there are too many similarities between the two."

Lieutenant Wallace told all his findings: "For example, they all happened without warning. For example, the death of the crew members on the two ships was very strange. For example, after the accident, why didn't you just call for help?

And using Morse code will delay the first call for help? These are difficult to explain clearly.

What makes me even more puzzled is that there is no official record of the Man of Medan. Although there is a record of the Man of Medan, the ship belongs to which country, when was it requisitioned by the military, and what was loaded on the ship.

There is no record of any goods, which is completely against the rules."

That's right.

This is completely consistent with the doubts discovered by Meng Shaoyuan.

Second Lieutenant Wallace continued: "Many people do not believe the 'Man of Medan' incident and think it was fabricated by Captain Smith in advance. But what good does fabricating such a story do to Captain Smith?"

What can he gain? On the contrary, once the truth is exposed, it will only bring harm to his reputation, and no one will be willing to hire such a captain. Moreover, what happened on the Man of Medan

Captain Smith was not the only one to witness the tragedy.

After being dormant for several years, the 'Carriage' reappeared, which aroused my interest. Is there any connection between this? Dulapura Port is a military port, and the incident happened here. What's going on here?

Is there a conspiracy? Could it be that the Japanese secret service is carrying out some conspiracy against the U.S. Navy? This all aroused my vigilance. Therefore, I made a detailed report to my superior, Major Lane, who agreed to my investigation.

, but then something weird happened."

Speaking of this, Second Lieutenant Wallace took a breath: "Just when I started to conduct the investigation, Major Lane sent me another telegram, asking me to terminate the investigation of the 'Crossover', but did not explain the reason.

The wording of the telegram was rather harsh.

Colonel, this made me think deeply. Why did Major Lane suddenly go back on his word after agreeing with me before? Did he get any hints and warnings, or was there a bigger conspiracy hidden in this?

I am a U.S. Navy officer, I am ONI, and I must investigate anything that threatens the interests of the U.S. Navy, no matter whether my superiors agree or not, no matter what kind of pressure I will encounter."

"So, you decided to launch an independent investigation?" Meng Shaoyuan asked at the right time.

Lieutenant Wallace nodded: "Yes, I decided to launch an independent investigation."

Just as he was about to continue speaking, Meng Shaoyuan asked again: "Where did you start the investigation first? Did you go directly to Dulapura Port?"

"No, that's not the case." Second Lieutenant Wallace said: "At that time, I did not notice the Port of Dula Pula. As an ONI, I still have certain privileges. I first called the people stationed in Dula Pula.

All information on ships around the port of Pula..."

Meng Shaoyuan interrupted him again: "Are you alone? This is a lot of work."

"It doesn't matter, the thing I don't lack most is time." Second Lieutenant Wallace said nonchalantly: "I can only sleep three to four hours a day, and the rest of the time, I can devote all of it to reviewing information."

This reminded Meng Shaoyuan of someone:

Koichi Hahara!

Wasn't the original Koichi Hahara just such a workaholic?

The US military officer in front of me is very similar to him.

It was as if I could see the shadow of Koichi Hahara in him again.

Meng Shaoyuan did not speak, but listened to Second Lieutenant Wallace continue:

"I tried to find any information related to the 'Crossing the Waves', but I found nothing. However, at this time, a piece of information caught my attention. A ship named the 'Velvet' once sailed in

Had a short stay at Dulapura Port.

Originally, there were many ships staying at Dulapura Port every day, but there was something different about the 'Velvet'. The time it entered the port was on the same day as the 'Crash'. It entered the port in the morning, while the 'Velvet' entered the port in the morning.

The "Bearing Through the Troubles" entered the port in the afternoon.

What caught my attention was that the registration information of the "Velvet" was also very simple. There was no indication of the country it came from or the cargo carried on the ship. This once again broke the rules of a military port.

However, this at least gave me some clues. I asked my friends to conduct some research, and soon got feedback that the 'Velvet' was sailing from Singapore, and in Singapore, the information about this ship was,

It's also almost zero.

How could ships without many records appear at the same time? This is unreasonable. Is there any connection between the Velvet and the Wanderer? I have a bold hypothesis. Could it be that the two ships have agreed to ship together?

Meeting at Dulapura Port to hand over certain supplies?

After the attack, the 'Velvet' quickly left the port of Dulapura, but the 'Warrior' was always at the port. As a requisitioned ship, what was its mission? I was eager to know.

Both ships stayed at the port of Dulapura, and the 'Warrior' stayed longer. During this time, some crew members might disembark to buy some daily necessities. Maybe I can get some clues at the port.

."

Meng Shaoyuan listened very carefully and said after hearing this: "So you arrived at Dulapura Port and then you were attacked?"

"Yes." Second Lieutenant Wallace suddenly became energetic: "But I didn't gain anything. As soon as I entered the port area, I didn't immediately check into the hotel. Instead, I quickly launched Diao Chan, and I found a clue. After so many days

In that time, the 'Bearing Through the Troubles' has not even called at the port once."

Meng Shaoyuan understood immediately after hearing this: "Have they not called at the port once? Does it mean that they do not need any supplies? In other words, they do not need to enter the port area to purchase, but someone is constantly supplying them?

Of course, there is another possibility that the supplies on board the 'Cross the Waves' are already abundant and there is no need for any replenishment."

"Colonel, it is possible." Second Lieutenant Wallace's voice was slightly lowered: "However, on the day of the incident of the 'Crossover', although I did not notice the case at the time, due to my profession,

I still went to the boat to take a look. I was in the galley on the boat and found fresh vegetables!”

Meng Shaoyuan suddenly realized.

Since there are fresh vegetables, it means that the "Bearing Through the Thorns" has always been supplied.

I entered the "Breaking Through the Thorns" late, so I couldn't see the fresh vegetables.

So, in that case, where did the supplies on this ship come from?

No one got off the boat.

It just means that someone has been providing supplies to the ship!

“I was very excited when I discovered this.” Second Lieutenant Wallace said excitedly: “There are two ways to continuously provide supplies, one is to transport supplies, and the other is to purchase them directly in the port area.

There are not many materials that can be purchased directly in this small port area, so I prefer materials transported to the port. The day before the accident of the 'Breaking Through the Waves', there happened to be a ship that transported a large amount of materials, vegetables, etc. to the port.

Maybe it was shipped from that ship.

After the military distribution of the materials transported to the port area, the rest were piled in Warehouse No. 2 for use by the port area. Therefore, I directly targeted Warehouse No. 2. I found a hotel and prepared

After making some adjustments, we immediately launched an investigation into Warehouse No. 2, but at that time something happened to me."

"You are very close to the truth." Meng Shaoyuan said thoughtfully: "Second Lieutenant, I have discovered from the beginning that there is a very powerful organization behind the whole incident, and your experience has further proved that

my judgment.

Dulapura Port seems to have become a restricted area set by this organization. Any stranger who enters here will be monitored. And you were the first person to expose the truth, so you were immediately targeted. However, this

However, some problems arose that were beyond the control of this organization."

"What's the problem?" Lieutenant Wallace was a little confused.

Meng Shaoyuan looked solemn: "Originally, they just wanted to find someone to teach you a lesson, so that you could retreat and leave Dulapura Port, but they didn't expect that something went wrong. Sailors like John were too heavy-handed and they thought they would beat you.

died."

"What does this mean?" Lieutenant Wallace still didn't quite understand.

Meng Shaoyuan said calmly: "They have known about it since you entered Dulapura Port, and have been monitoring you. They even know your true identity, a US Navy officer. And they obviously don't want to really hurt you.

A U.S. Navy officer, let alone killed.

In this sense, this organization is most likely not an enemy, and may even be a mysterious organization in the United States. It is precisely because of this that they are unwilling to kill you, or me.

"

Lieutenant Wallace was startled: "Like the legendary Freemasons?"

"No, it won't be the Freemasons." Meng Shaoyuan smiled: "The Freemasons don't have the time to reach out to such a small port. They will even disdain it. They don't even bother to take care of such a trivial matter."

"KKK?"

"They were well fed and their only targets were black people."

"Is it the Church of Hermes?" Second Lieutenant Wallace blurted out.

Um?

Church of Hermes?

Meng Shao originally wanted to refute, but when he thought about it, the strange things that happened were indeed somewhat similar to this organization.

Do you believe there are societies dedicated to the study of magic?

the answer is:

have!

And it has existed for a long, long time.

This society is definitely the most mysterious organization in the world, because they go against science and specialize in studying magic and other supernatural things. This organization is called the Church of Hermes.

Hermes is a god in ancient Greek legends who is in charge of poetry, medicine, witchcraft and the undead in the world. All members of this church believe that Hermes exists and believe that the ultimate goal of mankind is to become one with God.

The Hermetic Church was founded in the 15th century. This organization involves many things, mainly studying astrology, magic and alchemy, as well as some natural sciences. But

At that time, most Western countries advocated science, and the Roman Church vigorously suppressed scientific ideas, so this church also hid in secret.
To be continued...